Commonwealth Railways K class
Class of Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 28,777 lbf (128.01 kN) |
Career | |
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Operators | Commonwealth Railways |
Numbers | K27-K34 |
First run | March 1916 |
Disposition | All scrapped |
The Commonwealth Railways K class was a class of 2-8-0 freight locomotives built in 1916 by North British Locomotive Company, United Kingdom, for the Commonwealth Railways, Australia.
History
In order to operate freight trains on the then under construction Trans-Australian Railway, Commonwealth Railways ordered eight locomotives of the same design as the New South Wales Government Railways' T class (later the D50 class), but with higher capacity tenders.[1][2]
All were delivered between March and June 1916. Most had been withdrawn by the early 1950s with the last withdrawn in March 1952 after dieselisation.[1][2]
References
Notes
- ^ a b Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
- ^ a b K class Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages
Bibliography
- Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing. ISBN 1876216018.
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